CRICKET Australia has full confidence the Blundstone Arena monster will be under control come the first Test against Sri Lanka next month.

The two first-class games of the summer on the new relayed surface have been finished in 2 1/2 days against South Australia a week ago and then in just five sessions in Queensland's mauling of the Tigers at the weekend.

Hobart's Test begins on December 14, giving head curator Marcus Pamplin a month to get the square settled and hopefully the weather time to improve.

CA's senior operations manager Sean Cary said: "Any game that finishes inside four days is not necessarily the right way we want our players to be prepared.

"But having said that, there were some extenuating circumstances leading into this game with a fair bit of weather, a full day that was washed out and Marcus has had some pretty difficult weather situations to deal with.

"The other factor is he has only had that deck laid for three or four months now. It takes a while for decks to settle down and we have complete confidence in his ability and Cricket Tasmania's ability in ensuring they put everything into the preparation for the first Test against Sri Lanka.''

Cary said the issue of bowler friendly pitches was CA's agenda, but he said it was a nationwide problem, not just Hobart specific.

"It [the Blundstone pitch] is certainly an area that needs to be monitored,'' he said.

"[But] it is not just the Hobart wicket that needs to be monitored.

"There needs to be some increased conversations between CEOs and curators and that's an agenda item for this week's CEO conference.

"From Cricket Australia's perspective we just want to make sure communication lines between CEOs and their curators and their staff are open and curators are given every opportunity to prepare wickets that are a fair balance between bat and ball.''

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